1. Which item below is NOT an example of scientific evidence? Group of answer choices A talk-show host's opinion Images of Mars from a Mars Rover Measurements of average birth weights from newborn hippos collected at US zoos Survey answers from high school seniors about their likely career paths 2. Energy can be formally defined as ____. Group of answer choices capacity to do work and transfer heat the random motion of molecules a force that is exerted over some distance the loss of matter 3. Select the correct term to complete each phrase or sentence correctly. choose _____ flows through ecosystems. Matter _____ cycles through ecosystems. energy _____ feedback loops move systems in opposite directions to stabilize them. Negative or balancing _____ feedback loops move systems in one direction, often destabilizing them. positive or re- inforcing 4. Which of the following is an example of an abiotic (non-living) process that can "fix" nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form usable by living organisms? Group of answer choices Bacteria in plant root nodules Bacteria in the soil Lightning strike Volcanoes 5. Using this diagram of the global nitrogen cycle, through which process is nitrogen returned from the soil to the atmosphere? Group of answer choices Through the metabolism of denitrifying bacteria By erosion Through the metabolism of nitrogen-fixing bacteria Through decomposition 6. The global phosphorus cycle is faster than the nitrogen cycle. Group of answer choices True False 7. The largest reservoir of phosphorus is in the world's oceans. Group of answer choices True False 8. Erosion releases phosphate ions from their storage place in rocks to the soil for uptake by plants. Group of answer choices True False 9. Animals gain access to phosphorus by eating existing organic matter - either plants or animals. Group of answer choices True False 10. As pH increases, hydrogen ion concentrations ______. Group of answer choices stay the same increase decrease.